Bruford Boxed Set: Seems Like A Lifetime Ago 1977-1980

Due to unprecedented demand, Winterfold Records will be making the special edition of the Bruford boxed set Seems Like A Lifetime Ago 1977-1980 available again for a very limited amount of time.

These boxes will include a signed/numbered certificate.

This extension of the limited edition set marginally alters the original terms and conditions of sale. Those who wish to can return their original sets for a full refund.

Bill would like to thank everyone for their overwhelming support for this project.

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Containing the collected works of Bruford on one extraordinary 6cd/2dvd-v box set, Seems Like A Lifetime Ago is a magnificent testament to one of the UK’s most inventive and important Progressive Fusion bands.

Featuring 2017 remastered versions of the albums Feels Good To Me (1978), One Of A Kind (1979), The Bruford Tapes (1979), and Gradually Going Tornado (1980), the set additionally includes the previously unreleased Live At The Venue, 1980 and the highly sought after 4th Album Rehearsal Sessions (also from 1980).

Showcasing the prodigious talents of Bill Bruford, Dave Stewart, the late Allan Holdsworth (who the album is dedicated to), Jeff Berlin and The ‘Unknown’ John Clark, the set includes a 16 page colour booklet (with band interviews and an essay written by Sid Smith), a reproduction concert poster, two black and white photo prints of the band, and a signed and numbered certificate of authentication.

Feels Good To Me and One Of A Kind are available on both remastered CD and DVD-V, the latter featuring 2017 5.1 mixes by Jakko Jakszyk.

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Produced by Bill Bruford and presented in a 12” box, four gatefold sleeves contain two discs each:

2017 stereo remix and 5.1 surround sound mix produced from the original multi-track tapes by Jakko Jakszyk and Bill Bruford

Ben Darlow: mastering & DVD authoring

Gradually Going Tornado (CD)

1) Age of Information (Bruford /Stewart)

2) Gothic 17 (Bruford / Stewart)

3) Joe Frazier (Berlin)

4) Q.E.D. (Bruford / Stewart)

5) The Sliding Floor (Bruford / Stewart / Berlin)

6) Palewell Park (Bruford)

7) Plans for J.D. (Bruford)

8) Land’s End (Stewart)

Produced by Ron Malo & Bill Bruford

Recorded at Surrey Sound, Leatherhead, Surrey, UK, October and November 1979

Jakko Jakszyk: 2017 mastering engineer

The Bruford Tapes (CD)

1) Hell’s Bells (Stewart /Gowen)

2) Sample and Hold (Bruford / Stewart)

3) Fainting in Coils (Bruford)

4) Travels with Myself – and Someone Else (Bruford)

5) Beelzebub (Bruford)

6) The Sahara of Snow – Part One (Bruford)

7) The Sahara of Snow – Part Two (Bruford / Jobson)

8) One of a Kind – Part Two (Bruford / Stewart)

9) Five G (Berlin / Stewart / Bruford)

Bonus Track:

10) Manacles recorded at Lupo’s, Providence, RI., July 17th 1979 and previously released on BBWF 004CD One of a Kind)

Music from Feels Good to Me and One of a Kind re-shuffled, improvised on, and broadcast live on WLIR 92.7 FM from ‘My Father’s Place’, Roslyn NY, July 12th 1979. Recorded direct to 2-track and mixed for broadcast by Jeff Kracke for The Workshoppe recording studios.

Live at the Venue, 1980 (CD)

1) Hell’s Bells (Stewart)

2) Sample and Hold (Bruford /Stewart)

3) Land’s End (Stewart)

4) Joe Frazier (Berlin)

5) Gothic 17 (Bruford /Stewart)

6) Plans for J.D. (Bruford)

7) Age of Information (Bruford / Stewart)

8) Five G (Berlin / Stewart / Bruford)

Recorded live at the Venue, Victoria, London, May 5th 1980. Audio source unknown.